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'The American people are very dissatisfied with the direction of the country.' A new Gallup poll shows a marked increase in the percentage of Americans who consider the Democratic Party's views as being "too liberal." The number rose from 39 to 46 percent.

Two U.S. agencies tasked with distributing about US$7.2 billion in broadband deployment grants and loans over the next 15 months have released an official list of funding rules, imposing net-neutrality clauses on grant applicants.

Jill Biden, the Second Lady of the United States , observed U.S. Independence Day by visiting American troops in Germany en route to an education conference in Paris.

President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that "Iraq's future is in the hands of its own people," warning of more violence in the days ahead but signaling optimism that Iraq will prevail as a stable, sovereign nation.

A former Merrimack County legislator with a lengthy rap sheet was jailed again at the Carroll County House of Correction this week after being charged with three counts of theft from his former employer, Anchor Business Services in Conway.

The White House says Vice President Joe Biden is in Iraq. He's there to visit U.S. troops and meet with Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Biden headed to Iraq the same week as U.S. troops handed over security in cities and urban areas to Iraqis.

WASHINGTON // And the winner is - Al Franken. The bruising legal battle over the US Senate race in Minnesota finally came to an end this week - 239 days after the November vote - when the state Supreme Court ruled that the Democrat, a former late-night TV comedian turned author and political pundit, should be certified the victor over Norm Coleman.

Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to this rural northwestern Pennsylvania community of 348 to detail the start of a $7.2 billion stimulus program to expand access to high-speed Internet service.

Solidarity with Palestine is being expressed in many different ways. By Art Young The movement to call Israel to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people is growing, it is "invading the mainstream discourse, becoming part of the constant and unrelenting drumbeat against Israel." It could eventually threaten the existence of the Jewish ...

In an e-mail to supporters Wednesday, Corzine says Obama would appear at a campaign event at Rutgers University in New Brunswick on July 16.

Vice President Joe Biden was scheduled to be the featured speaker at the June 25 DNC fundraiser, which several gay invitees are boycotting.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she'd come out ahead if she went one-on-one with fellow jogger President Barack Obama in a long run, according to an interview published online Tuesday.

As a senator, Joe Biden had pushed a plan to partition Iraq. Now the White House wants him to lead efforts toward political reconciliation in the war-torn country.

Former state representative Jim Ryan, whose criminal past surfaced last year after he was jailed on unpaid restitution charges, is locked up again - this time on allegations that he stole client records from a recent employer.

WASHINGTON a ' President Obama told congressional lawmakers Thursday that he would push for an overhaul of the nation's immigration system by early next year.

He also covers music for "The Edge" entertainment section. R eading Boston City Council candidate Doug Bennett's latest press release, one might think he's advocating for more plastic surgery for women around here.

THE easiest way for a president to make his life miserable is to antagonise his fellow politicians on Capitol Hill.

President Obama told congressional lawmakers Thursday that he would push for an overhaul of the nation's immigration system by early next year.

President Barack Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday, and officials said top lawmakers and the White House were seeking $150 billion in concessions from the nation's hospitals as they sought support for legislation struggling to emerge in Congress.

Vice President Joe Biden's office tried to enlist Rep. Dan Boren in a public relations battle against Sen.